By Comrade Jumbe
There comes a moment in the life of every nation when silence becomes betrayal, and inaction becomes an accomplice to tyranny.
Malawi now stands on the edge of that moment. I speak not as a politician seeking power, but as a watchman on the wall, warning of a storm that has already begun to break.
The spirits of our fallen heroes likes of Twaibu Sangala, Dick matenje ,David chiwanga, Aaron Gadama and saulos Chilima just to mention but few will not rest in their graves if we don’t accomplish on their great mission.
The coming elections this September, I declare with a clear conscience and fearless truth, have already been compromised.
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has manipulated the pillars of democracy, not through open battle, but through quiet capture.
The fire of free choice is being extinguished in the darkness of electoral deceit.
A rigged election is not an election—it is a coronation without consent.
And so I have written and presented a just ultimatum to the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). Not out of rebellion, but out of responsibility:
Fresh voter registration must be conducted—for a house built on cracked stones will collapse.
All MCP veterans must be removed from MEC—a judge cannot preside over a case in which he is already a witness.
The voter roll must be opened for public and party audit—what is hidden is often what is rotten.
The registration window must be extended—for fairness and equity in participating democracy.
Equal campaign access must be granted in all state media including mbc 1 and 2—for truth must never be locked behind closed microphones.
Smartmatic machines must be discarded—for when the counting is corrupted, the will of the people is buried.
This is not the cry of one man. This is the heartbeat of every Malawian who loves freedom.
And now, I call upon all Secretary Generals of opposition political parties: let us meet at the river of unity, or we will all be swept away by the flood of dictatorship.
“A single tree cannot make a forest.” We must rise together.
Those who hesitate today will find no ground to stand on tomorrow.
If we allow democracy to be auctioned to the highest bidder, the future will curse our current generation.
We must unite—not for ourselves—but for the poor farmer in Karonga, for the teacher in Dedza, for the vendor in Limbe, for the unborn child whose destiny depends on our courage of today.
We are not just fighting for votes—we are fighting for the soul of our nation.
To the MCP, let this be known: the power you steal today will become the shadow that haunts you tomorrow. No regime built on deception has ever stood the test of history.
The people may be quiet now, but silence is not the absence of anger—it is the gathering of a storm.
This September may be written in ink by the powerful—but we shall rewrite it in the voice of the people.
“If the drum of justice is silent, the feet of the oppressed will march to their own beat.”
Let the beat begin.
My pen 🖊 is mightier than a sword.
